NFLPLAYERS.COM’s “Quotes of the Week” feature is a collection of 10 select quotes from players around the NFL over the past week. This week, Jake Delhomme, Terrell Owens and many other NFL stars grab the spotlight after making some interesting comments. Be sure to check back each week to find out what your favorite players are saying about the hot topics in locker rooms around the league.
Quarterback Jake Delhomme (Carolina Panthers) on what his reaction would be if head coach John Fox named someone else the starter this Sunday:
“If he would have went that way, how could I blame him? I mean, let's be real here, how could I blame him. But I was hoping it would be me. I'm going down swinging. I don't know any other way to put it.”
-From ESPN.com, Oct 28
Linebacker DeMarcus Ware (Dallas Cowboys) on his lucrative contract extension:
“I feel like I work really hard and am really deserving of what they've given me. All this is behind me now. It's time to get to work. You know what it's time to bring home. I'm not going to say what it is, we're just going to show you, and I'm going to show you.”
-From USA Today, Oct 27
Wide Receiver Terrell Owens (Buffalo Bills) on his personal goals for the season:
“I have been looking at my stats compared to Roy E. Williams' stats over there with the Cowboys and my goal is to have better stats than him by the end of the season. I am looking forward to it. I can feel the momentum on this team.”
-From USA Today, Oct 29
Quarterback Alex Smith (San Francisco 49ers) on winning the starting job from Shaun Hill:
“I've been out for two years now. I don't know if I was getting any hungrier. I've kind of been waiting. It's been frustrating and I've got a chance to get back out there and make the most of it…I don't know if I'd say surprised. I don't know if I was anticipating it, either. It's the opportunity I've been waiting for.”
-From USA Today, Oct 27
Linebacker Keith Bulluck (Tennessee Titans) on owner Bud Adams’ insistence that Vince Young starts at quarterback:
“If you are the owner of a team, you have the right to do whatever you want, because you're paying everyone under that umbrella. That's how I look at it. But what I've seen from other teams when the owner tries to step in and says he wants certain moves made and certain things done, it doesn't always work out the way those teams have wanted it to.”
-From ESPN.com, Oct 29
Offensive tackle Walter Jones (Seattle Seahawks) on his plans to return from surgery to play football again:
“It’s what I love. It’s a game that I have put so much pride in and wanted to be the best at. So I still want to come out and do my job and play this game. I know I can still go out there and compete with the best of ‘em.”
-From Yahoo! Sports, Oct 28
Safety Brandon Meriweather (New England Patriots) on Rodney Harrison hailing him as the team’s MVP:
“He taught me the little things—how to stay healthy, how to read quarterbacks. Nothing major, but he just showed me how to put myself in position to let my athletics take over…It means a lot, but you’ve always got to take things with a grain of salt. I can’t look at it too hard because when you start looking at things too hard then you start to play like it. You start to fall off and your head gets big. So I’m still trying to stay humble and just continue doing what I’ve been doing.”
-From Yahoo! Sports, Oct 28
Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals) on Beanie Wells’ power:
“A man that big, when he hits the hole that hard, a couple of times I just saw him move guys backwards. That first carry he had (against the Giants), he hit that safety and he moved him probably five or six yards. He’s so young and has so much to learn, but he has a wealth of ability.”
-From Yahoo! Sports, Oct 28
Quarterback Brett Favre (Minnesota Vikings) on the possibility of getting booed on his Lambeau Field return:
“I've heard boos in that stadium before. Honestly. Numerous times. That was obviously different. As a player there, you don't expect to hear that in your home stadium. But I didn't play every game in that stadium very well. I played [well] a lot, but there was some times where we struggled, and that was kind of a kick in the stomach hearing those boos. It wasn't often. There was way more cheers. And I suppose there will be a little bit of both this week.”
-From USA Today, Oct 29
Defensive tackle Clifton Ryan (St. Louis Rams) on what it would mean to get their first win this week against the Lions:
“It would take a lot of weight off our shoulders. We need a win for the city, for ourselves, for coach Spags, for the franchise. We haven’t had that winning feeling in quite some time and we need to get it going.”
-From Yahoo! Sports, Oct 29